Famous people born in 1908 - page 4

Edward Teller was a theoretical physicist, who invented the hydrogen bomb

Anna Magnani was an Oscar winning Italian stage and film actress

Ethel Merman was an actress and singer known for her powerful voice

Alfred Day Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist who won the 1969 Noble Prize in Medicine

Salvador Allende was a former president of Chile

Olivier Messiaen is a renowned French composer and organist

Famous for crafting Yiddish lexicon, Leo Rosten is well known for acquainting Americans with the Jewish culture and language

Peg Entwistle was a British-born stage and screen actress, who appeared in only film and became infamous for committing suicide at the age of 24

Elliott Carter is a renowned composer whose music incorporates many features from neoclassicism to serialism

Buddy Ebsen was an American actor known for his role in the sitcom ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’